implicate the ninth degree of relationship of a family ❍ 他们搬出封建社会～的手法，从他的亲属身上打主意。They fell back on the feudal practice of implicating the ninth degree of relationship of a family and tried to get at his rel atives.
株连九族zhū lián jiǔ zú
株连：指一人犯罪牵连到许多人。形容一人犯罪，连他家的亲戚朋友都受到牵连。bring the whole family and relatives a great lot of trouble, implicate the ninth degree of relationship of a family